Michael Pfeifer

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1 A pooled analysis of vitamin D dose requirements for fracture prevention. N Engl J Med 2012 6.85
2 Continuous positive airway pressure for central sleep apnea and heart failure. N Engl J Med 2005 6.20
3 Effects of vitamin D and calcium supplementation on falls: a randomized controlled trial. J Bone Miner Res 2003 4.15
4 Suppression of central sleep apnea by continuous positive airway pressure and transplant-free survival in heart failure: a post hoc analysis of the Canadian Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Patients with Central Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure Trial (CANPAP). Circulation 2007 3.27
5 A new pumpless extracorporeal interventional lung assist in critical hypoxemia/hypercapnia. Crit Care Med 2006 3.24
6 Predictors of survival in COPD patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure receiving noninvasive home ventilation. Chest 2007 2.36
7 Auto-servoventilation in heart failure with sleep apnoea: a randomised controlled trial. Eur Respir J 2012 2.09
8 Effects of dynamic bilevel positive airway pressure support on central sleep apnea in men with heart failure. Chest 2007 1.91
9 Extracorporeal circulatory systems as a bridge to lung transplantation at remote transplant centers. Ann Thorac Surg 2011 1.81
10 A novel extracorporeal CO(2) removal system: results of a pilot study of hypercapnic respiratory failure in patients with COPD. Chest 2013 1.75
11 Natural course of sleep-disordered breathing after acute myocardial infarction. Eur Respir J 2012 1.74
12 Acute haemodynamic effects of continuous positive airway pressure in awake patients with heart failure. Respirology 2014 1.69
13 Impact of right ventricular reserve on exercise capacity and survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Eur J Heart Fail 2013 1.56
14 Expression and release of interleukin-8 by human bronchial epithelial cells from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smokers, and never-smokers. Respiration 2003 1.55
15 Activation of bronchial epithelial cells in smokers without airway obstruction and patients with COPD. Chest 2004 1.47
16 Weight gain in cachectic COPD patients receiving noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation. Respir Care 2006 1.43
17 [Crescendo or decrescendo principle? Pain therapy in osteoporosis]. MMW Fortschr Med 2002 1.37
18 A new miniaturized system for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adult respiratory failure. Crit Care 2009 1.15
19 Once-weekly dose of 8400 IU vitamin D(3) compared with placebo: effects on neuromuscular function and tolerability in older adults with vitamin D insufficiency. Am J Clin Nutr 2010 1.14
20 Prognostic impact of sleep disordered breathing and its treatment in heart failure: an observational study. Eur J Heart Fail 2010 1.10
21 Treatment preference for monthly oral ibandronate and weekly oral alendronate in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis: A randomized, crossover study (BALTO II). Joint Bone Spine 2007 1.03
22 Treatment of respiratory failure in COPD. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2008 1.02
23 Sleep apnea is an independent correlate of erectile and sexual dysfunction. J Sex Med 2009 1.02
24 Patient survival by Hsp70 membrane phenotype: association with different routes of metastasis. Cancer 2007 1.02
25 Functional improvement in heart failure patients treated with beta-blockers is associated with a decline of cytokine levels. Int J Cardiol 2005 1.00
26 Nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure improves ventilatory efficiency during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure. Chest 2005 1.00
27 Deletions at chromosome 2q and 12p are early and frequent molecular alterations in bronchial epithelium and NSCLC of long-term smokers. Int J Oncol 2005 1.00
28 Long-term therapy with inhaled iloprost in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Respir Med 2010 0.98
29 Enhanced ventilatory response to exercise in patients with chronic heart failure and central sleep apnea. Circulation 2003 0.96
30 Ethnic differences in postprandial triglyceride response to a fatty meal and lipoprotein lipase in lean and obese African American and Caucasian women. Metabolism 2002 0.94
31 Back pain during different sequential treatment regimens of teriparatide: results from EUROFORS. Curr Med Res Opin 2010 0.91
32 Hemoglobin levels above anemia thresholds are maximally predictive for long-term survival in COPD with chronic respiratory failure. Respir Care 2012 0.89
33 Impact of ventilation parameters and duration of ventilator use on non-invasive home ventilation in restrictive thoracic disorders. Respiration 2005 0.89
34 Autoregulation of ventilation with neurally adjusted ventilatory assist on extracorporeal lung support. Intensive Care Med 2010 0.89
35 Microsatellite instability at chromosome 8p in non-small cell lung cancer is associated with lymph node metastasis and squamous differentiation. Int J Oncol 2003 0.88
36 Health-related quality of life and long-term prognosis in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: a prospective survival analysis. Respir Res 2007 0.88
37 [Use of imaging procedures in the diagnostics of osteoporosis interpretation of x-rays and bone density measurements]. Wien Med Wochenschr 2007 0.87
38 Impact of sleep-disordered breathing on myocardial salvage and infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 2013 0.87
39 Improvement of bleomycin-induced pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis by the endothelin receptor antagonist Bosentan. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2009 0.87
40 The Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Questionnaire was valid for COPD patients with severe chronic respiratory failure. J Clin Epidemiol 2008 0.87
41 Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation improves lung volumes in the obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Respir Med 2006 0.86
42 The role of exercise in the treatment of osteoporosis. Curr Osteoporos Rep 2010 0.85
43 Predictive significance of the six-minute walk distance for long-term survival in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. Respiration 2007 0.85
44 The impact of gas exchange measurement during exercise in pulmonary sarcoidosis. Respir Med 2010 0.85
45 Predictors of successful decannulation using a tracheostomy retainer in patients with prolonged weaning and persisting respiratory failure. Respiration 2012 0.84
46 Teriparatide following bisphosphonates: initial and long-term effects on microarchitecture and bone remodeling at the human iliac crest. Connect Tissue Res 2009 0.83
47 Hemodynamic effects of aerosolized iloprost in pulmonary hypertension at rest and during exercise. Chest 2002 0.83
48 Long-term changes of sexual function in men with obstructive sleep apnea after initiation of continuous positive airway pressure. J Sex Med 2012 0.83
49 Nutritional status in patients with chronic respiratory failure receiving home mechanical ventilation: impact on survival. Clin Nutr 2009 0.83
50 Prospective identification of postmenopausal osteoporotic women at high vertebral fracture risk by radiography, bone densitometry, quantitative ultrasound, and laboratory findings: results from the PIOS study. J Clin Densitom 2005 0.83
51 Increased pulmonary artery diameter on chest computed tomography can predict borderline pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ 2013 0.82
52 Noninvasive home ventilation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: indications, utility and outcome. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2008 0.82
53 Multitarget FISH and LOH analyses at chromosome 3p in non-small cell lung cancer and adjacent bronchial epithelium. Am J Clin Pathol 2005 0.82
54 Co-morbidities and hyperinflation are independent risk factors of all-cause mortality in very severe COPD. COPD 2013 0.81
55 Long-term reduction of hyperinflation in stable COPD by non-invasive nocturnal home ventilation. Respir Med 2005 0.81
56 The role of non-invasive home mechanical ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring prolonged weaning. Respirology 2011 0.80
57 Effects of ET-A receptor blockade on eNOS gene expression in chronic hypoxic rat lungs. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2002 0.80
58 NT-proBNP in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: a marker of disease severity, treatment effect and prognosis. Respir Med 2007 0.80
59 Multidetector computed tomography for detection and characterization of pulmonary hypertension in consideration of WHO classification. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2012 0.80
60 Pulmonary hypertension in obesity-hypoventilation syndrome. Respir Med 2013 0.80
61 Expression of CXC chemokine receptors 1 and 2 in human bronchial epithelial cells. Chest 2005 0.79
62 Prognostic impact of sleep duration and sleep efficiency on mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. Sleep Med 2013 0.79
63 Combination of high frequency oscillatory ventilation and interventional lung assist in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Crit Care 2010 0.78
64 Outcome of patients with severe PH due to lung disease with and without targeted therapy. Cardiovasc Ther 2014 0.77
65 Improvement of exercise capacity in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension by the phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor Vardenafil. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2012 0.77
66 Respiratory muscle training in restrictive thoracic disease: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2006 0.77
67 Predictors of long-term survival in patients with restrictive thoracic disorders and chronic respiratory failure undergoing non-invasive home ventilation. Respirology 2007 0.77
68 Effects of auto-servo ventilation on patients with sleep-disordered breathing, stable systolic heart failure and concomitant diastolic dysfunction: subanalysis of a randomized controlled trial. Respiration 2013 0.76
69 Increased pulmonary prostacyclin synthesis in rats with chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Cardiovasc Res 2002 0.76
70 Cardiac workload in patients with sleep-disordered breathing early after acute myocardial infarction. Chest 2013 0.76
71 [Analgesic in osteoporosis. Why so conservative with dosage?]. MMW Fortschr Med 2002 0.75
72 Back orthoses are important. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009 0.75
73 No change in the regional distribution of tidal volume during lateral posture in mechanically ventilated patients assessed by electrical impedance tomography. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2010 0.75
74 Prognostic value of mouth occlusion pressure in patients with chronic ventilatory failure. Respir Med 2007 0.75
75 [Osteoporosis -- mode or disease?]. Med Klin (Munich) 2004 0.75
76 Hydrochloric acid aspiration increases right ventricular systolic pressure in rats. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2009 0.75
77 A 46-year-old man with dyspnea and hemoptysis 3 years following mitral valve repair. Chest 2007 0.75
78 Impaired vigilance is associated with erectile dysfunction in patients with sleep apnea. J Sex Med 2014 0.75
79 [Acute obstructive crisis ? Non-invasive ventilation ? Weaning long-term ventilation ]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2014 0.75
80 [Pneumology - modern, with tradition]. Pneumologie 2010 0.75